[Monticello], September 6, 1808. 2pp. in ink to one 4to sheet (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 24.5 x 19.0cm.); with light to moderate horizontal creases along original folds; contents and signature slightly browned but generally clear, signature not affected by creasing.“To the inhabitants of North Yarmouth in legal town-meeting assembled,” defending the Embargo Act of 1807. Framed with Manuscript Petition of “The inhabitants of...North Yarmouth [Massachusetts, now Maine]." August 22, 1808. 1p. Folio. With light to moderate creasing along old folds, and with a repaired vertical separation, negligible losses to a few words. Signed by five representatives of the town, requesting the president to consider an executive repeal of the Embargo as Yarmouth and other towns are “dependent on commerce for the means of subsistence.” Also framed with a facsimile of Jefferson’s letter, allowing the verso of that letter to be displayed below the recto of the original letter, and a 19th-century steel engraved portrait of Jefferson.